Population, Development, and the Environment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxvi

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2. Introduction: The Dynamics of Sustainability and Environmental Governance in the Asia Pacific

   • Helen James

   Pages 1-9

3. The Nexus Between Population, Development and the Environment: Critical to Determining Quality of Life on Earth

   • Maung Maung Aye

   Pages 11-20

4. Nature Conservation and Its Bedfellows: The Politics of Preserving Nature

   • Robert Cribb

   Pages 21-33

5. Food, Agriculture and Small Farmers in Asia

   • Lindsay Falvey

   Pages 35-51

6. Trade-Offs Between Hydropower Development and Food Security in River Management

   • Jamie Pittock

   Pages 53-68

7. Impacts of Flood and Riverbank Erosion on Human Livelihoods: A Case Study of Some Riverside Villages in the Lower Ayeyarwady

   • Khin Mar Wai, Wint Wint Htun

   Pages 69-85

8. Social Capital, Adaptation and Resilience: Case Studies of Rural Communities in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and Myanmar

   • Julian Prior, Thaw Ni Ni Zaw, Jemal Yousuf Hassen, Estella Toperesi

   Pages 87-112

9. Rural-Urban Interaction in Rural Development of Peri-Urban Areas in Yangon Region, Myanmar: A Case Study of Hlegu Township

   • Nilar Aung, Tin Tin Mar

   Pages 113-136

10. Changing Livelihood Options as Adaptation: A Comparative Analysis of Three Flood Control Schemes in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

    • Thong Tran, Helen James

    Pages 137-154

11. Environmental and Social Impacts of Mining in the Mogok Area, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar

    • Ohn Thwin, Wint Wint Htun, Khin Mar Wai

    Pages 155-169

12. Negotiating Livelihoods Access to Coastal Resources: Environmental Citizenship by NGOs in Indonesia

    • Henri Sitorus

    Pages 171-193

13. Landslide Hazard in Chin State: A Case Study in Hakka and Its Environs

    • Kyaw Htun, Cho Thae Oo, Tun Naing Zaw, Day Wa Aung

    Pages 195-213

14. Women, Water and ‘Wicked Problems’: Community Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change in Northern Pakkoku, Myanmar

    • Helen James

    Pages 215-225

15. Socio-Political Transformation After the 2011 Floods in Thailand

    • Ladawan Khaikham, Helen James

    Pages 227-253

16. The Impact of Floods on the Socio-Economic Activities of Yangon

    • Nwe Nwe Aung, San San Htwe, Kyi Kyi Sein, Lei Lei Aung

    Pages 255-271

17. State of Forest Governance in Vietnam: Where Are the Local Communities?

    • Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak

    Pages 273-295

18. Laws Relating to Environmental Conservation in Myanmar

    • Myint Thu Myaing

    Pages 297-315

19. Effects of Rural-Urban Migration on Agricultural Production in Taungdwingyi Township, Magway Region, Myanmar

    • Khine Myint Cho, Kyaw Kyaw, Phyu Phyu Khaing

    Pages 317-330

20. Effects of Migration on Two Small Villages Between Pyalin and Gonmin Chaungs, Pantanaw Township, Ayeyarwady Region

    • Kyaw Kyaw

    Pages 331-347

This book takes the reader into some of the most intransigent social, economic, and political issues that impact achieving sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. Through meticulous analysis of the integrated relationships between population, development, and the environment, the chapters in this volume investigate the impacts of hydropower development on fragile ecosystems; mining, landslides and environmental degradation; deforestation; water and food security; rural-urban migration, poverty alleviation, civil society and community empowerment; and how disaster recovery requires multi-scalar and multi-disciplinary approaches that take into account governance, culture, and leadership. Legal frameworks may be legislated, but are often rarely implemented.

The book will be valuable to students of sustainability, population and development, and governmental policy advising sectors as well as the NGO and humanitarian sectors. The distinctive characteristic of this book is that it encapsulates an integrated, multi-disciplinary focus which brings to the discussion both robust empirical research and challenging policy applications in the investigation of how the sustainable development goals may be achieved in Asia and the Pacific.

• Sustainable development in Asia
• Water and Food Security in Asia
• Environmental Degradation in Asia
• Environmental Citizenship
• Civil Society in Asia
• Disaster Resilience
• Rural-Urban Migration
• Poverty Alleviation and Community Empowerment in Asia
• Impact on the Environment of Energy and Mining Activities
• sustainability
• development aid

• Department of Anthropology School of Culture, History and Language College of Asia Pacific, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

  Helen James

Helen James researches Asian disasters, Risk, Resilience and Reconstruction, civil society, governance, health, education, poverty alleviation and sustainable development in Southeast Asia with special attention to the political anthropology of religion, non-violence and state/civil society relations; health and social inclusion/exclusion, international development, gender and health, citizenship, human rights and human security, interfaith dialogue and transnational history.

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